Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard's flying machine, manually operated wings with counterweight, rose to 80m in the air. It was exhibited from 1780 to 1783. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.

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